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51. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

52. IOR/X/3174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3174
Title:
'The line of Route as traversed by Lieut[enan]t. Rob[er]t. Taylor 2nd. Mad[ra]s. Cavalry from Bagdad to Bussorah via the antient [ancient] canal of the Hye'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 350-mile river route in Mesopotamia between Bagdad [Baghdad, Iraq] and Bussorah [Basra, Iraq] via the River Tigris, Hye Canal [Shatt al Gharraf, Iraq] and River Euphrates. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes, and some pictor...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:

1 map sheet

53. IOR Neg 1873-81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 1873-81
Title:
Papers of General Chesney, Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor
Scope & Content:
Papers of General Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor, chiefly relating to his survey (1830) of the Isthmus of Suez showing that a canal was practicable, and his exploration of the Euphrates valley (1831, 1835-37) with a view to the development of an overlan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1885
Extent:
9 reels

54. Mss Eur B377

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B377
Title:
George Percy Badger papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal of Rev George Percy Badger (1815-88), chaplain and oriental scholar, at Aden 1846-62, staff chaplain and Arabic interpreter under Lt-Gen Sir James Outram in the Persian Expedition 1856-7, with additional material on his travels in Egypt.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1862
Extent:
1 volume

55. Mss Eur F111/358, f 158

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/358, f 158
Title:
‘Sketch Map Showing Police Outposts in the Euphrates Valley on the Road from Baghdad to Aleppo.’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Euphrates river, from north of Maskanah to south of Baghdad. The names of police posts along the river valley are underlined with a single line, and the names of towns with regular garrisons are underlined with a double line. The map also shows part of the Tigris river. The m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1897
Extent:
1 map

56. Mss Eur F213

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F213
Title:
Papers of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52
Scope & Content:
Broughton Collection: papers and correspondence of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1852
Extent:
123 items